adam ayağı tınarğa
/adam ajaʁɯ tɯnarʁa/
Literal translation
for the human foot to fall still
Intended meaning
For it to become the middle of the night, when all movement and activity outside has ceased.
- Keçe uzayğanlıqğa ua, standa adam ayağı tınmağandı.Although the night had grown long, the camp had still not fallen still.
- Adam ayağı tınŋandı degen zamanda ekisi da, Qanamat bla Qasım, tıtır bla sürtülgen hunanı janına qısıldıla.At the hour when all had gone still, the two of them, Qanamat and Qasym, pressed close to the lime-washed wall.
Variants
- adam ayağı tohtarğa
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 20